Norwich City

Phil Daley
Sports Editor, BBC Norfolk

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Norwich City head coach Philippe Clement has spoken to the media before the Canaries' Championship match at Millwall on Saturday (12:30 BST).

Here are some of the key points:

• Clement said about 70 countries use VAR. He does not understand why the Championship does not have it as if it did the handball for West Brom's opening goal last weekend would have been ruled out.

• West Brom striker Aune Heggebo has since been banned for the handball offence.

• On new winger Anthony Musaba, who is available for selection: "He can play on the left or the right, is good with both feet and can bring goals and assists."

• Strikers Ante Crnac and Jovon Makama are still building fitness and are not expected be in the squad.

• Clement praised Millwall's campaign last season when they went close to gaining automatic promotion to the Premier League before missing out in the play-offs.

• Clement said: "Every game of football we need to go fully for the three points, no matter whether it's home or away. I have good memories from playing away last season."

You can listen to full live commentary of Millwall v Norwich City with BBC Radio Norfolk on FM and DAB from 12:30 BST.

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New Norwich City signing Anthony Musaba is a "good prospect" for the club but struggles to maintain consistent form, says BBC Radio Sheffield's Andy Giddings.

The winger spent two seasons at Sheffield Wednesday, scoring 12 goals across 80 appearances, before moving to Turkey in 2025, first to Samsunspor before a move to Fenerbahce.

Giddings said Musaba is one of the players the Owls would have been interested in keeping before their financial troubles escalated and can offer the Canaries a good option up front, though potentially an unreliable one.

"At his best, he's a goalscoring winger, he's a player who can take on other players," Giddings told BBC Radio Norfolk.

"Durability is not his problem, it's form. Just get set for one week, he looks utterly terrific and then maybe for the next couple of weeks he doesn't."

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These two sides ended last season strongly with Millwall reaching the play-offs before losing to Hull City in the semi-finals, while Norwich climbed from the relegation zone in November to finish in ninth place.

Both are tipped to challenge for at least a top-six place this season.

• Millwall have won three of their past five league games against Norwich City (L2), as many victories as across their prior 22 attempts combined between 2002 and 2023.

• After winning this exact fixture 2-1 last season, Norwich City will be hoping to win successive away league games against Millwall for the first time since 1989.

• After beating Bristol City 2-0, Millwall will be hoping to win their opening two league games of a campaign for the first time since 2014-15.

• Norwich won their opening away league game of last season 2-1 at Portsmouth, though they have not won successive such matches since 2015-16/2016-17.

• Norwich City's Mohamed Toure has scored seven goals and assisted a further two goals in just four Championship away appearances – that includes two hat-tricks. The quickest player to 10 away goals in the competition's history is Matej Vydra who needed 10 appearances.

QPR, Millwall and Norwich are set to miss out to Nottingham Forest in the race for 19-year-old Spanish-born AFC Wimbledon winger Junior Nkeng, who could move for a fee close to £1m. (Graeme Bailey, external)

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Phil Daley and Chris Reeve reflect on Norwich City's 2-1 loss to West Bromwich Albion in the first game of the Championship season at Carrow Road.

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Norwich City head coach Philippe Clement spoke to BBC Radio Norfolk after his side's 2-1 defeat by West Bromwich Albion.

On West Brom's opening goal, he said: "It was a decisive moment in the game. I think this is a clear-cut goal that should be disallowed.

"We were dominating the game, we were creating the chances, the best chances, most chances.

"Then they have one counter-attack where they make it 0-2, but you see again the right reaction from my team and they kept going and we scored the goal. But we should have scored much more goals today.

"You have games where things don't go your way; for sure it was the case today, because my team deserved the three points."

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Norwich City winger Matej Jurasek has joined Sparta Prague on a season-long loan.

The 22-year-old returns to the top flight in the Czech Republic just 19 months after he moved to Carrow Road from Slavia Prague.

Sparta Prague will have the option to make the Czech Republic international's move permanent at the end of the season.

Jurasek featured in Norwich's first competitive game of the season, having come off the bench in their Carabao Cup first-round win against League One side MK Dons last week.

It was just his 22nd appearance for the Norfolk club.

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Norwich City begin their Championship season with the visit of West Brom to Carrow Road on Saturday (15:00 BST).

The Canaries overcame MK Dons 4-1 in the EFL Cup first round last weekend while the Baggies beat Rotherham by the same scoreline to reach round two.

Philippe Clement's side have lost four of their past five opening day fixtures in the Championship while Albion have lost just once in five years and began last season with a 1-0 win at home to Blackburn.

• Norwich City have won each of their past two games against West Bromwich Albion in all competitions, and three of their previous four overall (L1); they could win three in a row against the Baggies for the first time since November 1995.

• West Bromwich Albion have won just one of their past five league games against Norwich City (D1 L3), though it was a 1-0 victory in this exact fixture last season.

• No side has won more points in the Championship in 2026 than Norwich (44 – W14 D2 L6), while they've only lost two of their past 10 league games at Carrow Road (W6 D2).

• Only Sheffield Wednesday (8 excluding deductions) and Oxford United (18) collected fewer away points in the EFL Championship last season than West Brom (19); though eight of those points came following the appointment of James Morrison (W2 D2 L2).

• Among players with at least 450 minutes in the EFL Championship last season, Norwich's Mohamed Toure averaged more goals (1.36) and goal involvements (1.82) per 90 minutes than any other player, though nine of his 12 goal involvements came in away games.

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